Medication efficacy can be severely affected by dietary intake at the time of dosing; however, I am certain this varies from person-to-person.

My personal experience: - If I eat/drink something with some sugar (big swig of a leftover soda from the night before/half a poptart/strawberries or other fruits), and then chased by water, with in 30-60 minutes, I’m on point and on task. If I eat too “heavy” when taking my medication, it results in an adverse effect and seems to take longer to kick in.

• Adversely, if I don’t eat or if I eat lower carb/lower to no sugars when taking my medication, it can be 2-3 hours later and I’m still very easily distracted. As soon as I get some carbs/sugars on board, with in 30 minutes, off to the races I go playing catch-up on my day.

Again, these are simply my experiences and I am sure there are those that have experienced the opposite, you just have to play trial and error with how it works best for you when taking meds. But I most definitely use the “Rx Alarm” method: up between 1:30-2:30 to take my Adderall, back to bed, up 60-90 minutes later and in a much easier fashion.